Paul GrubachIAs the distinguished scholar, Noam Chomsky, has noted elsewhere, even in open democratic societies such as ours, which lack the cruder forms of ideological control, there is still a public orthodoxy: a set of assumptions, ideas, and doctrines which is rarely, if ever, questioned. /1 A key aspect of the public orthodoxy is the psychosocial taboo. The latter can be defined as a private emotional aversion and a public social ban attached to certain modes of thinking and public criticism.

Specifically, if a belief deemed to be a component of the public orthodoxy is rejected, or even questioned, in public, the offender is liable to be labeled as "evil" and be subjected to social ostracism. There is a private, internal counterpart to this public inhibition if an individual who accepts the reigning public orthodoxy rejects, or questions, one of its tenets privately, he will likely subject himself to feelings of guilt approaching a kind of a holy dread." In the words of Sigmund Freud, "The violation of the taboo makes the offender himself taboo." /2

Examples of societies with public orthodoxies, which are in turn protected by psychosocial taboos, are not hard to find. For instance, consider the status of the Catholic Church and its theological doctrines in Medieval Europe and during the era of the Inquisition. To question the cardinal tenets of Christian belief was to risk not only ostracism but imprisonment, torture, and death. A more contemporary example is the case of Marxism-Leninism in the Soviet Union. Every Soviet citizen is aware that to criticize the Communist party or its ideological doctrines exposes one to charges of "bourgeois corruption," "anti-Soviet slander," and "retrogressive counter-revolution," and corresponding censure and punishment.

Finally, every sentient, dutiful American citizen knows that to criticize Jews as a group, Jewish culture, Jewish behavior patterns, the alleged Holocaust, etc., is to partake of "immoral, anti-Semitic racism." Carefully nurtured by the public media, the taboo on criticizing Jewry is deeply lodged in the consciousness of the great majority of Americans, directly influencing their acceptance or rejection of criticisms of Jewish attitudes and behavior, irrespective of the truth or falsity of such claims.​Is direct criticism of the Jews anti-Semitism, and, by implication, morally and politically illegitimate, and thus unworthy of serious examination? If not, what is the true meaning of the label "anti-Semitic" applied to such criticism?This paper is directed toward those who harbor the following beliefs:

Criticism of the Jewish people, Jewish culture and behavior, etc., is synonymous with immoral racism;

At best this criticism is only to be tolerated due to First Amendment protection of free speech, or, at worst, to be censured and censored.

May the psychic chains of these opponents of taboo-free speech be broken. (continued on the next page)

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0th3WPLAcM​The longer version of the series a 35 minute special. A video not for the faint hearted, if you want to follow the white rabbit, keep watching and understand the other side. Fmr Rep James Traficant, Vanessa Redgrave, Beatles, John Lennon, Mel Gibson, Gary Oldman, Sean Ali Stone, Shah of Iran, President Hugo Chavez, Former President Carter, President Vladimir Putin, President John F Kennedy, Colonel Ghadafi, Princess Diana, Bobby Fischer, Russell Brand, George Galloway, Dr.David Duke, Immortal Technique, Lowkey, Dodi Al Fayed, Princess Diana, Aron Russo are all against Zionist supremacy. Which celebrity spoke out the most?"- Kaiser Wilhelm II:"And one only wonders why they have such bad reputations. Perhaps it's because they spoke out against the Jews.﻿"- TheRequiemMask:"Immortal Technique said it best here. We are not against the Jewish people but the Zionist movement. There are many non Jews within the NWO Zionist conspiracy." - Colin Hastings:"Did JFK pay the ultimate price for his criticism of the Jews?﻿"- Lillian Jenkins:"Jimmy Carter was demonized for this, for telling the truth.﻿"- Gypsy Prepper:"God Bless the Shah of Iran. He knew even then.﻿"- Ricardo Santos:"He died for the same reason that Jesus and Julius Caesar died. They all harmed the business of the money changers of their era. In JFK case he was printing money without the Unconstitutional "Federal" Reserve involvement. That was the reason he was murdered." (read more on the next page)

From: 'The Student Revisionists' website"There is no label more feared by prominent Gentiles than "anti-Semite." To receive this label is to kiss one's career goodbye. Well, sometimes a good old-fashioned, Marlon-Brandoesque retraction might save a career, but not without permanent damage. All politicians, journalists, stock brokers, lawyers, etc., had better know which side their bread is buttered on. Most of them do, which is how they make it to such positions in the first place. Many revisionists, even, preferring to remain apolitical, will simply deny anti-Semitic motives, and move on. This is legitimate, so long as one does not give tacit recognition to the absurd concept in the process. We at the SRRS choose to challenge this hollow accusation head-on.

We have recently discovered Paul Grubach's excellent article "A Critique of the Charge of Anti-Semitism," which perfectly outlines the problems we have with the concept.[...]

Also, the following is a passage from Neil Camberly's John Stuart Mill, Speech Prohibition, and "Neo-Nazism."

"Anti-Semitism" is a word the Jews have developed to describe speech that is critical of Jewry. It is used in almost exactly the same way the word 'scapegoating' is used: to render Jews immune to criticism (continued on the next page).​​

A very moving letter. I hope there are service men and women who still have a conscience, and transcend the "ours is not to reason why..." mentality. Tair Kaminer​"I was sent to an Israeli military prison as a teenager for refusing to join the IDF - this is my letter.Our prison uniforms are cast-offs from people in the US Army - so I wrote a letter to the man who once wore mine. Tair Kaminer is a 19-year-old conscientious objector currently incarcerated in an Israeli military prison for refusing to do compulsory military service in the IDF. "Dear Mr Smith, You don’t know me, but I feel as though we are really close. For the past 20 days I have worn your shirt. At least, the shirt that was yours while you served in the American army. Here’s the thing: I am sitting in an Israeli military prison. And our uniforms, here in the military prison, were donated to my country by your country. Yes, it is really US Army uniforms that we are wearing..."

DAVID A. GRAHAM. "Soon after coming to power, the Bolsheviks printed the text in Pravda—not the last time the Russians would play spoiler to Western efforts to control events in Syria and Iraq.​Monday marks the 100 years since the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret Anglo-French pact reached during the First World War that proposed splitting the Middle East up into zones of foreign control. The Middle East has been frequently afflicted with war since then, but the situation now—with ISIS holding territory in Iraq and across the Fertile Crescent, civil war in Syria, government paralysis in Lebanon, growing autocracy and violence in Turkey, and talk of an intifada in Israel and the occupied territories—has inspired particular debate on the century-old agreement’s legacy. Laments about Sykes-Picot drewarbitrary divisions that bedevil the Middle East even now have met with just-as-impassioned insistence that the secret agreement’s influence is overstated.

But wait a second: secret agreement? How did a confidential document become a hotly contested matter of the public record not long after it was signed? The answer is a tale of intrigue that serves as a reminder of how unstable closed-door diplomacy is, and how fast quiet handshakes can cause public backlash, even in the age before Wikileaks.

A resident from Donetsk called the song of Jamala ridiculous when at that moment Donbass is under fire every day and people are dying.Resident of Donbass Irina Puchkova spoke out about the winning song at the "Eurovision" performed by Ukrainian singer Jamala. On her page on Facebook, the woman wrote that she read the lyrics and realized that in fact, it absolutely suits the events that occurred in Donbass. According to her, Ukrainian punishers also came to her place and killed many civilians, women and children. According to her, coming from the lips of the singer who supports the "camp of murderers", the words sound very strange.VIDEO: http://ok.ru/video/5611652504​"She thinks she's singing about the Tatars. But she sings about the crimes of Ukrainian military on my land - Donbass. She just does not understand this. It is now them coming to kill us. My children had to be sent away from the war, because foreigners (Banderovtsy) came here and killed", she wrote. VIDEO: http://ok.ru/video/5611652504 VIDEO(1:55): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnLXc6Jx-fU"Crimean Tatars are the nations of deceive and disloyalty: they mastered the plundering,, kidnapping and human trade for centuries until Russian and later Soviets taught them real lessons of how to behave like humans. With due respect read the history: it is not the story I created, facts should not be forgotten. Please check WHY the Crimean Tatars were moved by Stalin and lets not forget about the Ukrainian Jews who were victim to the Nazis in WWII."- Kimo Karini"The history in question is not forgotten and certainly would be not forgotten (consult Wikipedia on this episode of the WWII). The history is often an object of very partisan abuses and anachronistic allusions. I am not at all sure that now, in the 2016, Ms Susanna Jamaladynova (aka Jamala) got a good service to anybody else but to the "war party" among the actual Ukrainian (US-NATO supported) political elites, who are thwarting Minsk agreements on the federalization of the Ukraine. Susanna's mother, though ethnic Armenian, is a Russian citizen, and she lives peacefully in Crimea. This lady gave many interviews, immediately published in Russian newspapers (I don't watch any TV). Nobody impedes Susanna to visit Russia, as the Ukrainian citizens don't need visa to enter in Russia." - Paul Katchalov - Julia Rassadnikova:"Everything must be so - 1.Russia 2.Australia 3.France 4.Ukraine 5.Armenia Well, and that's well 1.Australia 2.Russia 3.France 4.Ukraine 5.Armenia﻿" 113 Likeshttp://www.fort-russ.com/2016/05/donbass-offers-jamala-to-sing-about.html

Victory Day (Russian: День Победы) is a holiday that commemorates the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of Second World War, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. It was first inaugurated in the 16 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the surrender document late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight, thus on 9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin. Though the official inauguration occurred in 1945 the holiday became a non-labor day only in 1965 and only in certain Soviet republics. Two separate capitulation events took place at the time. First, the capitulation to the Allied nations in Reims was signed on 7 May 1945, effective 23:01 CET 8 May. This date is commonly referred to as the V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) in most western European countries. Joseph Stalin was displeased by this, believing that the German surrender should have been accepted only by the envoy of the USSR Supreme command and signed only in Berlin. Stalin insisted the Reims protocol be considered preliminary, with the main ceremony to be held in Berlin, where Marshal Zhukov was at the time, as the latter recounts in his memoirs:“[Quoting Stalin:] Today, in Reims, Germans signed the preliminary act on an unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was done by Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, and not only in front of the Supreme Command of Allied Forces. Moreover, I disagree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary." - from Wikipedia.

With the "Holy Fire," fireworks and solemn Masses, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago. Roman Catholics and Protestants marked Easter in March, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrated Easter this week, using the older Julian calendar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attended an Easter midnight Mass in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the world's largest Orthodox Church, officiated at the service, attended by some 5,000. Христос Воскрес! Воистину Воскрес!

Orthodox Christians across the world have begun to celebrate their most important religious holiday – Easter. A major sacred service has been held in one of Moscow‘s main cathedrals which was attended by thousands of visitors, including Russia’s president. Thousands of people have been queuing outside Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, eager to attend the sacred service, RT’s Emily Siu reports.

Footage taken by a Russia Works drone in Homs, Syria gives a chilling insight into the state of the country after four years of civil war. Almost every building in the center of the city has been destroyed, with rubble littering the near-empty streets. Homs was dubbed the "capital of the revolution" when war broke out in 2011, but has since been captured by forces sympathetic to the Assad regime.New drone footage reveals the Syrian city of Kobani in ruins after years of heavy fighting. See this video on the link: http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/05/06/lklv-paton-walsh-syria-drone-damage.cnn

"Drone footage shows fierce clashes between Syrian Army & US-backed Islamic terrorists". Syria army offensive on rebel positions in Damascus suburbs Jobar, Harasta and Zamalka. Russian drone footage from places near Damascus Syria, shows the utter destruction the war has left behind. Compilation made by http://russiaworks.ru/